2:35 AM,
Jan. 8, 2013

Six people were arrested in connection with a melee, and with the abuse of a mentally disabled adult, authories say.

Written by

Kaycee Lagarde
| klagarde@pnj.com

Six people were arrested Monday after a morning melee in which authorities say a mentally handicapped adult was chased around by two people and a pit bull and beaten with a cup and a belt.

Deputies responded to the disturbance at about 10:30 a.m. in the 5000 block of Regents Avenue and learned that the victim had been abused by household members reportedly as punishment for stealing a cellphone, according to a news release from the Escambia County Sheriff's Office.

The victim was forced to run up and down the street and had also been hit in the face with a coffee cup, beaten on the back with a belt and ...